{"id":9059,"date":"2020-06-28T23:21:47","date_gmt":"2020-06-29T03:21:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/?p=9059"},"modified":"2020-06-28T23:21:47","modified_gmt":"2020-06-29T03:21:47","slug":"peaceforaworriedworld","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2020\/06\/peaceforaworriedworld\/","title":{"rendered":"Peace for a Worried World"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><strong>2020 THEME: TRUTH<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1>SERIES: Promises, Promises<\/h1>\n<h1><strong>TITLE:\u00a0 Peace for a Worried World<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h1><strong>Scripture:\u00a0 John 14:27; Matthew 6:25-34<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/h1>\n<h4><\/h4>\n<h4><strong>I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE ENEMY OF PEACE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">Job 5:7- \u201cBut man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.\u201d<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\nStatistics to consider:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1 billion have died in wars. 60 million die\/ year. 15 million from heart disease. 10 million from cancer. 15k children die each day. 4k by accidents on the highway. 15 million 1918 Spanish flu. 75 million from Black Death Plague (Source: John MacArthur sermon)<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">\n\u201cWorry is an old man with bended head, carrying a load of feathers which he thinks are lead.\u201d Corrie Ten Boom<\/p>\n<h4>\n<strong>II.\u00a0\u00a0 THE ENJOYMENT OF PEACE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/strong><\/h4>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">John 14:27 teaches us:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. Who the (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>source<\/strong><\/span>) of peace is.<br \/>\n2. His peace is in (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>contrast<\/strong><\/span>) to what the world offers.<br \/>\n3. The pursuit of peace is a (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>vain one<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">What does Matthew 6 tell us about worry?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1) Worry keeps us from enjoying (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>what we have<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n2) Worry makes us (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>forget our worth<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n3) Worry is completely (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>useless<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n4) Worry replaces (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>God\u2019s promises<\/strong><\/span>) with (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>man\u2019s solutions<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px;\">How do we defeat worry?<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 80px;\">1. Don\u2019t dwell on (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>tomorrow\u2019s stress<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n2. Don\u2019t dwell on (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>yesterday\u2019s mess<\/strong><\/span>).<br \/>\n3. Give up (<span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>ownership<\/strong><\/span>).<\/p>\n<p>Next Week: Theme: Truth! Series: Promises, Promises<\/p>\n<p>Title:\u00a0 Pastor Ryan East is preaching<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>2020 THEME: TRUTH SERIES: Promises, Promises TITLE:\u00a0 Peace for a Worried World Scripture:\u00a0 John 14:27; Matthew 6:25-34 I.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE ENEMY OF PEACE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Job 5:7- \u201cBut man is born to trouble as the sparks fly upward.\u201d Statistics to consider: 1 billion have died in wars. 60 million die\/ year. 15 million from heart disease. 10 million &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link btn\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/2020\/06\/peaceforaworriedworld\/\">Continue reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"_crdt_document":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9059","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-sermon-notes","nodate","item-wrap"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9059","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9059"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9059\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":9060,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9059\/revisions\/9060"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9059"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9059"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ovcf.org\/ovcf_wp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9059"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}